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BHP is set to bank a handy windfall on the back of Occidental Petroleum’s $US1.1 billion ($1.72 billion) acquisition of a Canadian carbon capture pioneer, but it won’t be enough to prevent Australia’s biggest company from reporting a substantial profit decline on Tuesday.

ISRO on Sunday said it successfully reduced the orbit of the Chandrayaan-3 mission's Lander Module (LM), further bringing it nearer to the moon. The national space agency also said that the LM would now undergo internal checks.

Chandrayaan-3 will make a soft landing on the Moon on 23 August (Wednesday) at around 5:45 PM (IST) in the evening. The Lander module of Chandrayaan-3, comprising Vikram lander and rover Pragyan will soft land on Moon where the speed will go down from 6000 km/hour to zero. Launched on 14 July 2023, Chandrayaan-3 underwent more than five manoeuvres so far.

surged to a 15-month high at 7.44 per cent primarily driven by a rise in food prices especially vegetables, breaching the RBI's upper tolerance level of 6 per cent for the first time in five months. RBI in its August bulletin mentioned the industrial production and trade weakening, the slowing of global recovery after a robust performance in the April-June quarter. The Indian economy is gathering momentum in Q2FY24 with headline inflation expected to average above 6 per cent, said the central bank.

USTR) Katherine Tai will visit India next week for the G20 Trade and Investment Ministers’ Meeting (TIMM), Washington said in a statement. On August 23-25, Tai will be in Jaipur for the TIMM where she would participate in G20 sessions on how enhanced multilateral trade can facilitate inclusive prosperity and increased global resilience. “She will also hold bilateral meetings with her counterparts on the margins of G20 events,” USTR office said in a statement. On August 26, Tai will meet with business leaders and hold bilateral meetings with government officials. India has identified five priority issues—growth and prosperity, resilient global value chains, MSMEs, logistics, and World Trade Organization (WTO) reform—under its G20 presidency from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023.

He was trying to escape the deadliest American wildfire in more than a century, an inferno fueled by powerful winds from a faraway hurricane and barely hindered by the state's weak defenses against natural disasters. Her father survived. But for Kaliko, 13, the destruction of the past week has reinforced her commitment to a cause that is coming to define her generation.

eye bore the brunt of the 2017 work accident, which stole his vision, left him unable to tolerate light and triggered four to five cluster headaches a day. Then he underwent an experimental procedure that aims to treat severe injuries in one eye with stem cells from the other. «I went from completely blind with debilitating headaches and pondering if I could go another day — like really thinking I can't do this anymore» to seeing well enough to drive and emerging from dark places literally and figuratively, he said, choking up. The 51-year-old from Homewood, Alabama, was one of four patients to get stem cell transplants as part of the first U.S. study to test the technique, which could someday help thousands. Though additional treatment is sometimes needed, experts say the stem cell transplant offers hope to people with few if any other options. Results of the early-stage research were published Friday in the journal Science Advances, and a larger study is now underway.

USA secured a place in the ICC Under-19 ODI World Cup after an impressive performance in the Americas qualifiers, joining the already qualified 15 teams for the event in Sri Lanka next year. They won five out of six matches to top the four-team qualifiers with 10 points, same as Canada, but topped the standings on better net run-rate (4.84).

Quordle is a perfect weekend word game. It can be played on the Merriam-Webster publishing company website or the mobile app. You could play Quordle on your computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Here are the hints and answers to Quordle 571, dated August 19, 2023.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that he will gradually increase the monthly aid of Rs 1,000 being given to women under 'Mukhyamantri Ladli Bahna Yojana' up to Rs 3,000. Addressing the 'Ladli Bahna Sammelan' at Ganaur in Panna district on Friday, Chouhan also said that Science faculty classes will soon be started in Gunaur's college and the Girls' High School of Gunaur will be made into a Higher Secondary School. «I will gradually increase the amount of Ladli Bahna Yojana from Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 per month.

Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) plans to invest more than Rs. 35,000 Crore in different projects in next five years. The company is aggressively executing few more significant projects viz.

Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced 300 units of free electricity with 24x7 power supply to cities and villages across Chhattisgarh if his party wins in the upcoming state Assembly elections set for this year. «We will provide up to 300 units of free electricity every month in Chhattisgarh,» AAP national convenor announced in a public event in Raipur. Kejriwal also slammed the state's Congress government over the condition of Chhattisgarh government schools and said that it is in «terrible condition».

food and beverage packaging industry that is growing by 14.8 per cent annually is expected to reach USD 86 billion in 2029, following rapid urbanisation, rising disposable incomes and evolving consumption patterns, All India Food Processors Association said on Saturday. «Post-Covid-19, the demand for natural food ingredients has surged. FSSAI's new regulations for nutraceuticals and organic foods are driving growth in the sector.

Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax all plan to bring boosters to the market this fall. Pfizer expects to win Food and Drug Administration approval in August, with vaccinations starting in September. Novavax said it expects to get clearance and ship doses in September, and Moderna said it is waiting for approval.

Also Read: Karnataka flight passenger caught smuggling 267g crude gold hidden as nuts and bolts The Karnataka BJP unit has decided to hold a massive protest in the city against the "rampant corruption" of the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government, veteran party leader and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Friday. Also Read: Karnataka: CM Siddaramaiah announces discontinuation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in higher studies Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, there are speculations that the MLAs and few leaders from the opposition, who had earlier quit the Congress, leading to the collapse of the then Congress-JD(S) coalition government in 2019 -- will be rejoining the party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Also read: 'PM Modi govt, UP CM Yogi Adityanath are on target': Mumbai's traffic control room receives threating messages Following this, the Chief Minister conducted an inspection of the ongoing construction work at the Ram Janmabhoomi complex and will actively participate in other scheduled events. Subsequently, after spending a duration of two hours in Ayodhya, CM Yogi will make his way back to Lucknow.

Arsene Wenger, who is currently FIFA Chief of Global Football Development, is set to visit India in the second week of October to finalise the setting-up of a central academy in the country, All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Kalyan Chaubey said on Saturday. The academy for the U-13 boys and girls will be a joint collaboration of the FIFA and the AIFF.

archers claimed a double in the compound events, winning both men's and women's team gold medals in the World Cup Stage 4, here on Saturday. The fourth-seeded Indian men's compound team of Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale and Prathamesh Jawkar downed second-seeded American trio of Kris Schaff James Lutz and Sawyer Sullivan 236-232. Fresh from becoming world champions earlier this month in Berlin, compound women's team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur survived a scare before prevailing over Mexico by one point.

Khan's life is still in danger and he can be poisoned in Attock jail, his wife Bushra Bibi has said as she demanded better prison facilities for the incarcerated former Pakistan prime minister. In her letter to the Punjab home secretary on Saturday, the 49-year-old wife of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman wrote that the court had directed the authorities concerned to shift her husband from Attock jail in Punjab to Adiala prison in Rawalpindi. «My husband has been imprisoned in Attock jail without any justification.

Women's World Cup finalist Spain look familiar, there is good reason. The Spanish squad is built on a core of Barcelona players who have triumphed with their club and are now one step from the ultimate prize when they face England on Sunday in Sydney. Nine Barcelona players, including two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas, attacking midfielder Aitana Bonmati and defensive leader Irene Paredes, are among the key players for Spain.

15th annual summit of the BRICS—a group comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—takes place in Johannesburg. For the first time one of the bloc’s leaders will be absent. As host, South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, felt he had a responsibility to welcome his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.